What's this like? Would it be good enough to make small snack bowls, maybe Harry potter wands, Cheers pieces? I dunno haven't really looked into it. But what does the power look like compared to mid range?
What's this like? Would it be good enough to make small snack bowls, maybe Harry potter wands, Cheers pieces?
I believe that's about like a 1/4 hp lathe. It'll make those things but you're going to catch it a lot when you accidentally plunge too deep and interrupted cuts when roughing are a pain.
Is it just not worth it?
Depends, you could add a bigger Motor. Question is if one that comes with a stronger motor built in would be cheaper after installation.
I mean, it will do it, just know there will be some aggravation at times. I've turned things on a 1/4hp jet and it's fine, just slow.
I'm not a huge turner and my current lathe is a 1hp delta midi. It serves me just fine and is a massive improvement in power and capability over the 1/4 jet, not to speak of the other mechanical and quality of life improvements.
For the cost get it and frick around. Lathe turning is not an inexpensive hobby, tooling isn't cheap and sharpening supplies are a bit specialized (slow speed grinder, cbn wheels). You can start with just Carbide tools if you would like but most people will eventually "graduate" to traditional tools.
Sounds like it'll be more of a hassle than fun. I don't really have time to be getting into all that, thought it would be plug and play
1HP is 745.7W and that's a 400W motor, so surely that means its a 1/2HP motor.
It looks decent quality and actually is pretty long but looks like you can't easily replace the center on the headstock/tailstock or use a chuck or faceplate. It would be adequate for spindle turning or making wands or whatever. Bowls, not easily. You can make them without a chuck but a chuck or faceplate makes them 100x easier. Power isn't as critical if you're not roughing out large objects or hollowing deep bowls. You can usually find a small lathe (of at least 1/2 HP) that comes with morse taper centers and a faceplate for 200-300 currency. I would also recommend carbide tools for starting so you don't have to also invest a bunch into sharpening and grinding traditional tools (unless you already have a grinder or belt sander, but I still mainly use carbide tools for roughing and shaping).
I need to turn 32 bars for a crib and I'm planning on using a lathe at a maker space and making one of these. My first instinct wast to use carbide inserts but I can't find any that aren't in the 100s of dollars range for a basic handle and bit.
I've never used one of those pattern jigs like that but it's a cool concept. There are tons of cheap carbide woodturning tools online for <$100 of varying quality. I use a Simple Start mini set I got for about $100. I'd think you could get an unhandled toolholder with cutter and adapt it for a holder like that, or even the shorter cutters for metal lathes, although they may not produce as good of a finish.
I'm not averse to just grinding a HSS blank but what profile should I use for a wood bit? I'm only familiar with metal cutting profiles.
I'd cum on my own face before buying that.
So you're saying i should?
It's crazy that you can buy shit like that from Lidl.
I recently had to work with the cutter with external air and the fluxcore welder from parkside and they both did surprisingly well for what i was expecting/fearing at first. Of course no comparison to high level professional equipment, but for the occasional small repair around your house (garden chair, fence post) they do a decent job for their money.
I have a plasma cutter and a welder from Parkside, and a shitton if other stuff. 80% been good 2 me. I consider that fair according to what I payed.
How long's the wait time on the licensing to buy this?
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I bought a chink Amazon level and I'm really not sure if it's accuracy. Not sure if my levels are off or the laser is off.
Which of of following 2 is better? 200 euro is my max
Not sure why it posted in this thread. Never seen this thread in my life. Tried to make a new post. I'll try again